 The Boatswain swore with wicked words, Enough to shock a saint, That though she did seem in a fit, 'Twas nothing but a feint. " Come, girl," said he, "hold up your head, He'll be as good as me ; For when your swain is in our boat, A boatswain he will...  The Brighton gleaner; or, General repository of literary selections, general ... - Page 3971822Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Hood - 1882 - 476 pages
...said he, " hold up your head, He'll be as good as me ; For when your swain is in our boat, A boatswain he will be." So when they'd made their game of her....taken off her elf, She roused, and found she only was A-coming to herself. " And is he gone, and is he gone ? " She cried, and wept outright : " Then I will... | |
 | Edward Moxon (and co.) - Readers - 1882 - 580 pages
...said he, " hold up your head, He'll be as good as me ; For when your swain is in our boat, A boatswain he will be." So when they'd made their game of her,...taken off her elf, She roused, and found she only was A-coming to herself. " And is he gone, and is he gone ?" She cried, and wept outright: " Then I will... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1882 - 984 pages
...boatswain lie will be." So when they'd made their gamt .ยป her, And taken off her elf, She roused, ami found she only was A coming to herself. " And is he...is he gone?" She cried, and wept outright: " Then 1 will to the water side, And see him out of sight." A waterman came up to her: " Xow, young woman,"... | |
 | H. L. Sidney Lear - Quotations - 1882 - 200 pages
...'11 be as good as me ; For when your swain is in our boat, A boatswain he will be." So when they 'd made their game of her, And taken off her elf; She roused, and found she only was A-coming to herself. Sally Brown. "And is he gone ? and is he gone ? " She cried, and wept outright... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - 1883 - 454 pages
...said he, " hold up your head, He'll be as good as me , For when your swain is in our boat, A boatswain he will be." So when they'd made their game of her,...taken off her elf, She roused, and found she only was A-coming to herself. " And is he gone, and is he gone t" She cried, and wept outright : " Then I will... | |
 | Thomas Hood - English poetry - 1885 - 384 pages
...said he, "hold up your head, He'll be as good as me ; For when your swain is in our boat, A boatswain he will be." So when they'd made their game of her,...She cried, and wept outright : "Then I will to the waterside, And see him out of sight. " A waterman came up to her, " Now, young woman," said he, " If... | |
 | Improved illustrated reader - 1885 - 266 pages
...your head, he'll be as good as me ; For when your swain is in our boat, a boatswain he will be." 3. So when they'd made their game of her, and taken off her elf, She roused, and found she only was a-coming to herself. "And is he gone, and is he gone?" she cried, and wept outright ; " Then I will... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - American literature - 1888 - 712 pages
...he, " hold up your head,' He'll be as good as me ; For when your swain is in our boat, A boatswain he will be." So when they'd made their game of her,...taken off her elf, She roused, and found she only wm A coming to herself. " And is he gone, and is he gone ? " She cried, and wept outright : "Then I... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - Literature - 1896 - 470 pages
...said he, "hold up your head He'll be as good as me ; For when your swain is in our boat, A boatswain he will be." So when they'd made their game of her,...taken off her elf. She roused, and found she only was A-coming to herself. "And is he gone? and is he gone?" She cried and wept outright : " Then I will... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - Literature - 1896 - 466 pages
...when they'd made their game of her, And taken off her elf, She roused, and found she only was A-coming to herself. "And is he gone? and is he gone?" She cried and wept outright: " Then I will to the water-side, And see him out of sight." A waterman came up to her : "Now, young woman," said he, "If... | |
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